About block 966,965
Bitcoin block 966,965 was mined by ViaBTC on September 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM UTC, 39 min 33 s after block 966,964. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,219 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0494 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1744 BTC for this block.
Block 966,965 is number 1,302 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 714 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,035 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,669 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.